L.A. man wanted by police kills himself after traffic stop

LOS ANGELES - A motorist wanted by authorities shot and killed himself Wednesday when he was stopped by sheriff's deputies following a brief chase in the Exposition Park area.

Ronnie Lamont Robinson, 39, of Los Angeles died at the scene of the shooting, which occurred about 7:10 a.m. in the 1500 block of West Exposition Boulevard, according to sheriff's Sgt. Diane Hecht and the coroner's office.

``Detectives have learned that when deputies attempted to make a traffic stop on a vehicle, the driver accelerated, and then pulled to the curb,'' Hecht said.

``Initially, the suspect was cooperative and put his hands out of the driver's window, then suddenly withdrew his hands back into the car and shot himself.''